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Searching for Early Signs of Parkinson’s Disease in Genetics and How We Sleep, Smell and Digest
May 24, 2012
… funding studies that aim to find out more about how REM Sleep Behavior Disorder (RBD), heart rate variability , and …
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Eat, Sleep, Row, Repeat: Team Human Powered Potential Conquers the Pacific
July 23, 2024
… continuously in two-hour shifts, pausing only to eat and sleep. Official finish video, courtesy of World's Toughest … over rowing to help me reset, ensuring I got some decent sleep, and I adjusted my medication schedule to better align …
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What We Fund: $34.2M Toward Light Therapy for Sleep, Freezing of Gait and More
April 29, 2024
… the impact of light therapy for reducing PD symptoms Sleep disturbances are common in Parkinson’s. With earlier … provide the main light signal to the brain for initiating sleep are impaired in PD. They have developed a light …
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Measurement of Mitochondrial DNA in Early Stages of Parkinson’s Disease
… Study Rationale: People with a form of idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) experience nightmares and lash out physically during a stage of sleep when the body's muscles are normally relaxed. Most of …
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Evaluating the Role of CK1d Inhibition in Sleep Dysregulation and Alpha-synuclein Pathology in Preclinical Models of Parkinson’s Disease
… Study Rationale: Disrupted sleep is an early sign of Parkinson’s disease (PD) that … progresses. Chronic symptoms of PD include alternations in sleep patterns and changes in the body’s internal clock, or …
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Using Sleep Modulation to Enhance the Brain’s Waste Clearance Mechanisms as an Approach to Limiting the Progression of Parkinson’s Disease
… in the brain’s waste clearance mechanisms. Disruptions in sleep, which are common in people with PD, have similarly … PD to investigate how enhancing a particular phase of the sleep cycle can promote natural brain clearance pathways, …